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Over Rate and Penalty Calculator
Overs bowled against time elapsed, with the allowed deductions taken off and the shortfall shown.
Over rate
13.92
overs per hour
Required rate
14.28
Overs bowled
42
Overs expected
43.1
Chargeable time
181 min
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How this was worked out
- 1Allowed deductions8 drinks + 0 injury + 2 reviews (2 each x 3 min) + 5 wickets = 19 minutes
- 2Chargeable time200 - 19 = 181 minutes
- 3Overs expected in that time181 / 60 x 14.28 = 43.1
- 4Shortfall43.1 - 42.00 = 1 whole over short
How the number is worked out
The formula
Over rate = overs bowled / chargeable hours- chargeable time
- Time elapsed less the allowed deductions: drinks, injury stoppages, an allowance per review and an allowance per wicket.
- shortfall
- Whole overs by which the side is behind the required rate.
Deductions and penalties vary widely between competitions. Enter the allowances your playing conditions grant rather than assuming a standard set.
A worked example: behind the clock
A side has bowled 42 overs in 200 minutes, with 8 minutes of drinks, two reviews and five wickets.
The required rate is 14.28 an hour.
- 1Deductions8 drinks + 2 reviews x 3 min + 5 wickets x 1 min = 19 minutes
- 2Chargeable time200 - 19 = 181 minutes
- 3Overs expected181 / 60 x 14.28 = 43.1
- 4Shortfall43.1 - 42 = 1.1, so one whole over short
One over short. Under conditions that apply a five run penalty per over, that is five penalty runs to the batting side.
Rules and edge cases
The situations that change the answer, and the ones most calculators get wrong.
Penalties differ enormously between competitions
The ICC applies in-match run penalties in white ball cricket and points deductions in the World Test Championship. Many domestic leagues use fines, and plenty use nothing at all. This works to the allowances and penalty you enter rather than assuming one competition's rules.
Only whole overs count as a shortfall
Being 1.1 overs behind is a shortfall of one over, not 1.1. The fractional part is discarded, which occasionally means a side a hair behind escapes a penalty entirely.
Allowances are the part people get wrong
Drinks, injury stoppages, reviews and wickets all buy time back, and the amounts differ by competition. Two sides can bowl the same overs in the same elapsed time and be judged differently because one lost more wickets.
The clock runs from the scheduled start, not the actual one
Where a side is late taking the field, most conditions charge the time anyway. Working from when play actually began flatters the fielding side.
Frequently asked questions
Divide the overs bowled by the chargeable time in hours, where chargeable time is the elapsed time less the allowed deductions for drinks, injuries, reviews and wickets.
For umpires and match referees
Over rate tracked as the match goes, not reconstructed afterwards
Crickslab times the innings while it is being scored, so the rate and any shortfall are known before the last over rather than worked out from a notebook at the end.
Talk to our teamLast reviewed 17 August 2026. Playing conditions change, so if your competition uses a different rule, its regulations take precedence over anything here.